Anyone remember Jeff Goldblum's remake of the fly? Remember the scenes where he begins to exhibit enhanced reflexes and physical powers?

Since I've been cycling more, when I drive I feel like I can see several moves ahead, with sharper senses.

HOWEVER! One CAN NOT do with a wheeled cage what one can do with a bike! Something about driving a car requires you to be senseless. Especially to get along with the rest of the 1/2 brain dead cagers.

You been eating fly food?

It's called Defensive Driving and you should have been doing it all along, rather than daydreaming, talking on the phone, shaving, or putting on makeup.

... but I need makeup when I don't shave ... especially to cover those new fly hairs sprouting everywhere!

"Fly food?" That would be anything rotten or that comes out of...........Oh man.

How often have you fallen asleep while riding a bicycle?

cars have a much higher reynolds number w/ respect to air than bikers do. Or flies.

Partially incorrect.

True, you aren't as nimble in a car as you are on a bicycle. False, that you have to be senseless to deal with other drivers. Perfect examples: Avondale on ramp to 520 westbound, and Woodinville-Duvall Road at 156th. In both places, after the light the road narrows from 2 lanes to 1, with the right lane having to merge left. Every day, there's the same lineup of a-holes who zip up the right lane, get stuck at the light, and then lay on the horn when no one lets them merge in. Hrm, if you know the right lane disappears, maybe you should move over earlier instead of being an impatient, self-important prick who thinks they deserve to cut to the front of the line.
I see it on Avondale (eastbound) at the Novelty Hill split; people flying up the left lane of Avondale only to slam the brakes and cut people off to get onto Novelty Hill Rd, rather than just positioning themselves in the right hand lane to begin with.
My favourite example: I-5 south entrance from 520 west, trying to get to the Mercer St. exit during rush hour. People try to shove and muscle their way across 5 lanes of traffic in 0.5 miles to make that exit (the 520 ramp comes onto I-5 at the left-most lane). When they could easily take the street exit before the highway entrance, cross over the highway, and then take the ramp back onto I-5 south and be in the correct lane for the off ramp.

Any of that sound similar to the lane positioning that many of us do on our bikes, to make sure we aren't getting squeezed into a curb or fighting our way across dangerous intersections?

What I have noticed from bike commuting.... is that I drive slower, and driving at all seems fast. I used to regularly cruise at 80-85 on the highway. I now go 65 without thinking.

Everthing happens slower on a bike, and my brain has adjusted down a bit. It takes me 20-30 min of driving for it to feel "normal" again.

I also sold my sports car, which may have had something to do with it.

I got a fly in my eye yesterday... poor guy got the worst end of it

I have a morning intersection that is difficult to manage. This morning was weird. I travel on two lanes in one direction that intersects with 6 lanes, 3 lane sin each direction. At my stop light, in the left lane the paint reads: left turn only. What do I see? 3 cars one behind the other in the right lane. None of them are using their directionals. I pull up to the line in the left lane because I am going left and it appears they are going right. Light turns green, and they all turn left. But because of their position in the right lane and the fact that we are all crossing 6 lanes of traffic they have to wait for me before they can make their turn. So frustrating. Of course I can stay way to the right, but then they would probably be turning right at the green light, right? UGH

Sometimes I stay back to see what the cars will do and follow them through the intersection, but then I risk getting the next red light because the green is so short.

I'm 121 days into a 3 year hiatus from driving (self-imposed) now that my transmission died in the Vanagon and I refuse to drive my 66 bus for any utilitarian purposes.

SO what that means is my wife takes the public bus, my kid rides the school bus and I ride my bike/public transportation everywhere.

This helps eliminate my road-rage mentality that I've been working on improving over the last couple years.

On a high note, I just confirmed I'm riding 35 miles to a 63 mile road race and then riding the 35 miles home afterwards for fun - and conned 3 others from the LBS to do the same.

LOL, you're adding 70 miles to a 60 mile race? Good luck with that. I see that as requiring you to plan nutrition for much more than necessary. I'm sure you can do it, but just imagine how much more competitive you could be if you timed your nutrition just for the race.

Yep, I am. Nutrition shouldn't be too tough. We're starting out with waffles for breakfast, getting there and probably will commence the redbull+banana combo for the beginning and then apple/orange slices until close to mile 40 or so on the race. Then the uncrustables come out at around 420 calories of PBJ goodness.

At the end of the race, I'll probably have a can of chickpeas and some more redbull...and then just cruise home.

Sounds like a good beginning and middle. I'm not a fan of redbull though - it gives me gas. What's in that stuff? Caffeine?

Chickpeas? What do you get from that?

Gas!.. works like a jet turbo

You're joking right?

yeah, sorry, joking... got home from work, free day tomorrow, had a beer, put me in that mood

LOL, OK.

Party on Garth.

Good mix of protein and carbs. Helps fill you up and absorb some of that excess redbull

Party on Wayne

... chickpeas are great sources of protein, and delicious as the main ingredient in falafels chickpeas, rice and tabasco works great for me as a quick, cheap dinner or on tour

Red Bull gives you wings, at which point the deraullier, tires, sprockets, etc, cease to do any good. Unless it just gives you like chicken wings, which are better suited to saucing and eating than to flying.

Yeah I am a lot more tense driving than I used to be. I am always worried that cars aren't going to yield to me because on a bike they might not.

I saw that traces of cocaine have been found in Red Bull overseas.

https://www.gmanews.tv/story/164133/P...ocaine-reports